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See how I stopped mid-sentence? I can do it too. When I don't necessarily want to reveal the exact thought I'm having.
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Sophie Kinsella |
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b005034
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If you bother to ask someone's advice, then bother to listen to it.
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Sophie Kinsella |
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ee4b185
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We should confide in each other. We shouldn't keep things fro each other. I mean, we've known each other for over twenty years,for God's sake.
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Sophie Kinsella |
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98b0084
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The other person always has a point, Listen to each other, and you'll hear it.
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rv
shopaholic
las-vegas
mystery
trip
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Sophie Kinsella |
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aa776a9
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It's OK to be private. It's OK to say no. It's OK to say, 'I'm not going to share that'.
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Sophie Kinsella |
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24cbbfa
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Don't beat yourself up for not knowing all the answers. You don't always have to know who you are. You don't have to have the big picture, or know where you're heading. Sometimes it's enough just to know what you're going to do next.
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17db5d4
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Is that what he thinks? I mean, I know it's the truth, but it shouldn't be what he thinks. Husbands should think the best of their wives, as a matter of principle.
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Sophie Kinsella |
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78687f8
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You shouldn't--go into a marriage feeling inferior in any way.
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Sophie Kinsella |
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24ee79d
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I mean, here we are in LA. The home of celebrities. They're the local natural phenomenon. Everyone knows you come to LA to see the celebrities, like you go to Sri Lanka to see the elephants.
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funny
humor
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Sophie Kinsella |
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4515af8
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His skin is so hard and rough, it's like shaking a piece of tree bark.
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Sophie Kinsella |
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78e6d9e
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We'll always have jazz
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Sophie Kinsella |
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6392d13
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So why do they hope ?' I can't help asking. 'Because it's human nature to hope for impossible things.
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Sophie Kinsella |
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cdd3a87
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That girl is going to go far. I have no idea in which direction- but she'll go far
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Sophie Kinsella |
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8641285
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Episode 5: Meanwhile, they'd all lost touch, because they didn't have Facebook and phones were expensive or whatever. (You do have to feel sorry for the older generation. I mean, all this "pay phones" and "telegrams" and "airmail." How did they cope?)"
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Sophie Kinsella |
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13773c9
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But sometimes you have to be brave. Sometimes you have to show people what's important in life. And I have this very strong gut instinct that what I've done is the right thing. Maybe not the easy thing--but the right thing.
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Sophie Kinsella |
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ed6eea7
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I had a choice: Follow my heart or don't break his. I think in the end I broke a bit of both our hearts. Which
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Sophie Kinsella |
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dbbd958
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Io non mi sono mai sentita vecchia. Nessuno si sente vecchio. [...] Io mi sono sempre sentita cosi: una ragazza di vent'anni, per tutta la vita. L'aspetto esteriore e solo... un involucro>>
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Sophie Kinsella |
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And the point is, it's something to aspire to, something to hope for. One day my life will match my Instagram posts. One day!
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Sophie Kinsella |
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2c9879c
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It's amazing how an otherwise intelligent person can become a credulous fool as soon as you mention the words "organic," "authentic," and "Gwyneth Paltrow."
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Sophie Kinsella |
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593806d
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It doesn't matter," she says, her voice soft. "Don't beat yourself up for not knowing all the answers. You don't always have to know who you are. You don't have to have the big picture, or know where you're heading. Sometimes it's enough just to know what you're going to do next."
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Sophie Kinsella |
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c3dc920
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You have no idea how many people there are in the world until you start getting freaked out by them.
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Sophie Kinsella |
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58471ca
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It won't be forever. You'll be in the dark for as long as it takes and then you'll come out...My aunt grows special rhubarb in dark sheds. They keep it dark and warm all winter and harvest it by candlelight and it's the best stuff...If rhubarb needs time in the dark maybe you do too.
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Sophie Kinsella |
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14ab5b2
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like that time I used false eyelashes with dodgy glue from the market, then tottered into the bathroom the next morning to find one eye glued shut with what looked like a dead spider on top of it. Really attractive, Lexi.
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Sophie Kinsella |
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1571980
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Procession For Ye Bride who Changed Her Minde. No
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Sophie Kinsella |
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0cbb407
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I've often noticed that people equate 'having a sense of humour' with 'being an insensitive moron'.) This
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Sophie Kinsella |
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0800277
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But you're also fragile. Imagine a mended china plate which hasn't quite set.
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Sophie Kinsella |
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3c9a1a4
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But I've had a lot of time to think about this, and if you ask me, most people underestimate eyes. For a start they're powerful. They have range. You focus on someone thirty metres away, through a whole bunch of people, and they know you're looking at them. What other bit of human anatomy can do that?
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d770891
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Are you so scared people will hate you?" "What?" I stare at him, not knowing how to react. "What are you talking about?" He gestures at the phone. "Your emails are like one big cry. Kiss, kiss, hug, hug, please like me, please like me!"
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love
insecurity
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Sophie Kinsella |
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c1094a8
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They were even talking about buying a bodyguard, can you believe it? I mean, what on earth would I look like, turning up with a bodyguard? Actually, I'd look pretty cool and mysterious, wouldn't I? That might have been quite a good idea.
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laughter
humorous
witty
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Sophie Kinsella |
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6053a0f
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God, real people are so disappointing. I'm sure she would have done it better in the box-set version.
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Sophie Kinsella |
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8279769
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People change. Life changes. It's the way of the world. Maybe it's meant to be.
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rv
shopaholic
las-vegas
mystery
trip
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Sophie Kinsella |
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1fa848f
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I know exactly what Luke's doing. He's trying to push me and Suze together so we can make up. Which is really sweet of him. But I feel like a panda being told to mate with another panda that clearly doesn't fancy me.
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Sophie Kinsella |
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765cc62
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OK, I have to make sure we're on the same page here. Because I might mean one thing and she might mean, intending to start a Cordon Bleu course when I get back to England.
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Sophie Kinsella |
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0592618
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You can't even communicate in English. Real life is not a series of levels.
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family
friendship
life
starbucks
sunglasses
bully
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Sophie Kinsella |
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Toda mi familia se crece con la presion. Es como el lema familiar, o algo asi. Con la excepcion de mi hermano Peter, desde luego, que sufrio una crisis nerviosa. Pero a los demas nos sienta de maravilla, en serio.
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Sophie Kinsella |
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Ademas, todo el mundo sabe que los chinos viven mas tiempo que nosotros, asi que ?como no va a ser saludable alimentarse de comida china? Y la pizza es mediterranea. Seguro que es mas sana que muchas cosas que la gente toma en su casa.
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Sophie Kinsella |
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I'm sorry," says Linus. "Don't be sorry," I say, almost aggressively. "You didn't say anything." Which is true. He didn't say anything. He stopped mid-sentence. Except that stopping mid-sentence is the worst thing people can do. It's, like, partially aggressive, because you can't take issue with anything they've said. You have to take issue with what you think they were going to say. Which they then deny."
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Sophie Kinsella |
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Becky --" he begins, and there's a tiny intake of breath around the churchyard. "Will you--" "Yes! Yeee-esssss!" I hear the joyful sound ripping through the churchyard before I even realize I've opened my mouth. I'm so charged up with emotion, my voice doesn't even sound like mine. In fact, it sounds more like... Mum. I don't believe it."
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wedding
parents
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Sophie Kinsella |
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747b062
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I can't believe how much damage has been done, just from teenage loves meeting again. People should never come into contact with their first loves, I decide. There should be some official form of quarantine. The rule should be: you break up with your teenage lover and that's it. One of you has to emigrate.
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Sophie Kinsella |
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c9bfc97
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He's lithe and tanned and taut. But to my eye he's lost something. He has a synthetic quality, like orange soda instead of freshly squeezed juice. It's orangey and bubbly and it quenches your thirst, but it leaves a bitter aftertaste. And it's not good for you.
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Sophie Kinsella |
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e92981f
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My phone's my life. I can't exist without it. It's a vital organ.
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Sophie Kinsella |
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17eb52c
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You need some accessories. Some businesswoman-type accessories." "Like what? A Filofax?"
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Sophie Kinsella |
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c5f3ffb
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About the Wi-Fi. Are you blind? Can you read, at all?" He points to a notice in the corner of the coffee shop, which is all about the Starbucks Wi-Fi code. Then he focuses on my dark glasses. "Are you blind? Or just subnormal?" "I'm not blind," I say, my voice trembling. "I was just asking. Sorry to bother you." "Fucking moron," he mutters as he starts tapping again. Tears are welling in my eyes, and as I back away, my legs are wobbly. But ..
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Sophie Kinsella |
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0b821a1
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And anyway, who defines "real life"? Who says "real life" is property ladders and hideous pearl earrings? "Shit-boring tedious life," more like." --
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Sophie Kinsella |